Robbie
Masculine · “bright fame”
Robbie is given to both — 21,386 boys and 22,553 girls since 1880. See Robbie as a girl nameSee other names given to both
Robbie is Robert made affectionate the Scottish way, and Scotland has a particular claim on it — Robert the Bruce, and the poet everyone calls Rabbie Burns.
How old is the name Robbie?
Robbie first appears in US birth records in 1889 — 136 years ago. The typical Robbie alive today was born around 1970, making them about 55 years old. About 17,500 people named Robbie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Robbie most popular?
Robbie peaked in 1963, reaching #259 nationally. Today it ranks #2108, 1,849 places below that high. See the whole 1963 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Hrodberht to Robbie
The story of Robbie
Robert arrived in England in 1066 and was among the commonest men's names in Britain within two generations; Scotland made it royal through Robert the Bruce. Scots formed Rab and Rabbie as well as Rob and Robbie. American families registered Robbie outright from the 1940s, and it peaked in the mid-1950s alongside Bobby and Bob.
Meaning
bright fame
Through Robert, from the Germanic hrod, 'fame', and beraht, 'bright'. Both elements were extremely productive: hrod also gives Roger and Roland, beraht gives Albert, Herbert and Bertha. The compound is transparent and undisputed.
How the name formed
- Hrodberht
- Robert
- Rob
- Robbie
Related forms: Rabbie · Robby · Roberto
Pronouncing Robbie
ROB-ee
Two syllables, stress on the first. Robbie and Robby are said identically.
Nicknames for Robbie
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1889
- Most boys named
- 1965712 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #259reached in 1963
- Change vs 2022
- +7.8%69 in 2025, from 64
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Robbie in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Rabbie in Scottish — related form
- Robby in English — spelling variant
- Roberto in Italian — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Ohio, California, Texas. International figures from National Records of Scotland. Sources
Robbies among us
people named Robbie are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 24,755 born in 2025 was named Robbie
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Bruno test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Robbie's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Bruno climbed just as high around 1915, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Bruno's path sketches the road Robbie is walking now.
Robbie sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Robbie is headed
Robbie should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Robbie beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Robbie in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Robert stands behind it as one of the most-used men's names in European history.
- The Scottish connection — Bruce and Burns — is a genuinely strong one.
- Warm and friendly, with Rob available whenever something plainer is wanted.
- It is thoroughly unisex in some American records.
- As a diminutive on the certificate it carries an informal register into adult life.
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Masculine · #2108 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Robbies are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 17,500 people named Robbie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Robbie in 2025?
- Robbie ranks #2108 among US boy names in 2025, with 69 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Robbie?
- About 1 in every 24,755 US boys born in 2025 was named Robbie — 69 in all.
- Will my child share the name Robbie with classmates?
- Robbie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Robbie
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US figures from the Social Security Administration; international figures from national statistics agencies. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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